Active Directory Engineer (GPO)

Pronix is currently seeking an Active Directory Engineer (GPO) with our client in the financial industry located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX, and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12 month contract position. Only W2

Responsibilities:

1. Analysis, design, implementation coordination and 4th level escalation support of complex, enterprise level Active Directory solutions, specifically pertaining to security
2. Work within the engineering organization, interact with peer teams and partner groups, scale and deploy improvement, consolidation and migration efforts within the enterprise
3. Translate business needs into workable technology solutions that meet the requirements of internal customers and peer Active Directory Engineering and Operations teams
4. Develop standards, target states, roadmaps, effectively socializing and obtaining consensus across architecture, engineering and operations teams
5. Independently manage and perform engineering role for large scale Active Directory efforts and initiatives
6. Perform various functions and duties in support of audit and compliance deliverables verification/remittance of directory security evidence
7. Develop detailed architecture, standards, design and implementation documentation
8. Analyze current Active Directory environment to identify both technical and operational challenges while making recommendations and developing solutions for improvement
9. Participate in or lead complex or high severity troubleshooting and incident/problem resolutions with other infrastructure teams

Requirements:

1. At least 8-12 years of dedicated Active Directory engineering and architecture experience that includes designing, implementing and maintaining complex enterprise level (50K objects) Active Directory solutions and security models
2. Overarching broad and deep technical experience with Active Directory Security
3. Extensive experience and advanced knowledge implementing Windows security concepts and policies, least-privilege design principles
4. Extensive knowledge of AD Security best-practices, latest security threats/trends and mitigation thereof
5. Experience with best practices for Active Directory disaster recovery, object management, security models and trust creation
6. Granular ACE permissions models meeting functional and technical requirements
7. Advanced PowerShell scripting experience and capabilities
8. Strong working knowledge of Windows Server operating systems platforms, DNS, networks, DMZs, firewalls, network security zones and IPv6
9. Deep, in-depth working knowledge of Kerberos (Microsoft and MIT/Heimdal) and NTLM authentication, MFA, SSO and federation technologies
10. Extensive and deep knowledge of Group Policy Objects (GPOs), engineering, implementing and 3rd party management solutions thereof
11. Strong knowledge of LDAP and ability to comfortably construct queries
12. Experience performing large scale upgrades, migrations, transitions and consolidation of Active Directory domains and forests
13. Experience and confidence to be the subject matter expert (SME) in an environment of this size and scale in order to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams
14. Working knowledge of Certificate/CA/PKI infrastructure
15. Excellent communication skills, including proven experience effectively communicating technical challenges and solutions to peers, customers and senior management
16. Able to operate and function well in a multi-cultural, geographically dispersed virtual team environment

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